Search the taxonomy of any organism by scientific or common name.
Project description
find-life
CLI for looking up the taxonomy of any organism by scientific or common name. Pulls data from find-life.org, which sources taxonomy from find-life-database (an actively maintained fork of ITIS), fossil records from the Paleobiology Database, and summaries from Wikipedia.
Install
pip install find-life
# or
uv tool install find-life
If you don't have a Python environment configured, I recommend installing uv first:
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
Then run uv tool install find-life.
Usage
find-life search <name> [OPTIONS]
Options:
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--scientific |
Search scientific names only |
--common |
Search vernacular names only |
-f, --format |
Output format: text (default), table, or json |
Examples:
find-life search penguin
find-life search "Sphenisciformes" --scientific
find-life search penguin --format json
find-life search penguin --format table
Output (text format):
Taxonomy:
Chordata (Phylum)
└─ Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└─ ...
└─ ▶ Sphenisciformes (Order)
└─ Spheniscidae (Family)
First appeared: 66 – 59.24 Ma
Wikipedia: Penguins are a group of flightless semi-aquatic sea birds...
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin
Commands
find-life search <name>— look up a taxonfind-life init— reset or reconfigure your API token
Configuration
A token is provisioned automatically on first use and stored in ~/.find-life/config.json. Run find-life init to reset it.
Website
Explore the data interactively at find-life.org — visualizes the full tree of life as a navigable graph.
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